Check out this old school Macintosh Classic II with a working version of Adobe Photoshop 1.0! At the Photoshop World Expo Adobe had a working version of every single Photoshop release since the beginning and each one was running on the appropriate Macintosh hardware of that time. It was very interesting to see the progression of the technology in both hardware and software and I think it was a clever way to celebrate their 20th anniversary.
Day two and three were filled with plenty more classes offering a wealth of information not just on photoshop, but some of the other applications in the Adobe suite, as well as some generic photography classes. All of which, were being taught by the worlds leading professionals in each field. It was a huge learning experience and I only hope I can make it back for another one next year.
Here are some pictures from the event…
So my brain is hurting from the information overload but by the time I get back to Australia I should be on top of things and I think I will have a lot more to bring to my own workshops back home. I will reveal the dates of my upcoming workshops soon.
I didn’t get much of a chance to check out all of Vegas, but I’m heading back there soon so I will take some cool pictures then.
What a huge first day, and it isn’t even over yet! The training has finished for the day but there are still some activities to take part in. Personally, I am going to be attending the After Party @ the House of Blues located in the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino which is also where I’m staying. Before we get to that though, you can probably notice from the photo above there was a KISS theme for the opening keynote and it was hilarious. The entire keynote presentation was really well done and it was good to hear from some Adobe head-honchos.
Attended some really good classes including Calvin Hollywood and Russell Brown’s presentation where I was also napping a few Behind The Scenes pictures for Calvin. The classroom was packed out which was great! I took a bunch of pictures which I will post probably tomorrow in another blog post.
So the after party looks to be a very interesting night with some food and drink provided and a chance to meet a few more people from this great event. I’ll check back in and finish this post when I get back…
…. few hours go by…. then a few more ….
Well I was going to finish this post off once I returned from the after party to wrap up day one, however things didn’t quite go to plan. I just got back to my hotel room and its 6:30am the following day, but what a night! I guess that’s the effect of Vegas for you! So with my travel buddy Natalie, and Calvin Hollywood we attended the after party as planned and it was great! The food was actually pretty tasty and we were able to get a few free drinks! Plus Scott Kelby and the gang put on a fun performance with their band that rocked the house. It was really interesting to meet a few more people such as the great Wacoom staff, which by the way sold me on a new Wacom Intuos4 tablet. Met some other great folks including a young budding photographer Jake Peterson (yes, son of legendary wildlife photographer; Moose) and Im really enjoying some of his aviation photography work, check out his blog here. Also had a nice chat with photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski and I met Nick Saglimbeni from Slickforce Studios too. So after the after party, lets just say things started getting a little bit messy and i’ll leave it at that. Now when is the best time to gamble? When you’re completely intoxicated of course! So a couple of us were off to the Luxor poker tables to have a bit of a gamble. Against all odds and what you might think, it actually turned out to be a good idea! I doubled up on my money!
More from me in the coming days direct from Photoshop World in Las vegas.
Well my bags are packed and I’m about to fall asleep on my very own bed for the last time before I wake up tomorrow and take on Hollywood with my partner in L.A. Crime and PerthsBestGirls founder; Natalie! You know… right after that painful 21 hour journey across the Pacific. I am heading over to L.A. to catch up with my buddy (psst…and recent award winning director!) A.J. Carter and to celebrate his upcoming birthday which might have to entail a trip to Vegas. Speaking of Vegas one of the other main reasons for me hiking across the globe is to attend Photoshop World. If you’re now asking yourself “What’s Photoshop World?” then you need a kick in the butt and need to do some research. Here’s something to get you started: http://photoshopworld.com. It’s basically the biggest Photoshop conference in the world, and its more than just an expo. Photoshop World is 3 days of intense training and workshops, learning from all the worlds best which includes the likes of Joe McNally, Scott Kelby, Dave Cross and more. Its heavily based around photography. Anyway, its a real massive opportunity for me to go and I’m so fortunate that my bank account has been able to withstand the violent beating it received to actually do it.
So I will touch down in Los Angeles this afternoon at 5:10pm L.A. time, which will be well into Tuesday for you Aussies. I will be keeping my blog up to date and my facebook and twitter will be going ballistic with updates and photos, and I rekon I’ll manage a few videos too.
I have some amazing fun photohoots lined up on my trip which I cant wait for you all to see, including one lucky spot helping alongside the talented Calvin Hollywood who is actually an insturctor at Photoshop World this year. It will be a great experience to meet Calvin and everyone else at the event and I look forward to soaking up as much as I can because there will be a serious amount of talent there. It’s going to be so much fun.
Once I’m done in L.A and Vegas I will be heading back down under to Sydney where I have some more hot photoshoots planned! Then come the end of September, its back to Perth, and back to work.
Michael Fragomeni, the genius behind the decibels at Sounds Xplosive Audio (http://www.soundsxplosive.com.au) really is a genius in the car audio world. Michael has been breaking records and achieving world wide recognition for his work for over a decade. Being such a master of audio, he has been a remarkable help on the set of filming some short films lately. He was responsible for the high quality stereo sound we captured for my very own first ever short film “Burnout” (to be released soon) and was also present with me on set of “Exotic Engagement”, a short film by award winning Director A.J. Carter. Anyway, we caught up a little while back to capture some new promotional images for himself and his company and the above image is the product of that.
The lightning photo is one I took in the early years of my photography with a entry level Canon 300D camera and a kit lens. It’s a good picture to show people that you don’t need a fancy camera to produce great images! It’s an amazing picture that I have been dying to use for so long, and here was my chance! The end result looks great and we all love it. Now lets talk about how I did it!
Here I’m going to lay down some of the things that I have learnt first hand through my own experience and from those around me who have been new to shooting video much like the people most likely to be reading this post are. Over the past year my team and myself have been shooting behind the scenes videos at photoshoots and events and the following tips are a result from our experience of that. These tips are not HDDSLR specific, that’s just what I use. I will publish a follow-up post that is more specific to filming with these cameras and go into more detail.
So here you go, 5 Tip for Shooting Video with your HDDSLR Camera after the jump….
Ronan’s Escape, a short film by a close friend of mine A.J. Carter (who is atually responsible for the very handy camera work in our latest glamour sensations video HERE) has just won another huge award over in the U.S. Ronan’s Escape picked up ‘Best International Short Film’ at the 6th annual Hollyshorts Films Festival, in Hollywood California.
Not so long ago the film also picked up the ‘Best Short Film’ award at the 2010 Sedona Film Festival in America too. Not bad for a Perth film production eh? Yes thats right, lil ol’ Perth has the talent to do great things too.
A massive congratulations to A.J and his sister Jennifer, Luke and everyone else involved in the film, it was such a deserved win and so good to know all that hard work, blood sweat and tears was all worth it. I hope the film continues it success and I look forward to seeing the next project!
Ok folks here’s the second installment of Glamour Sensations Behind The Scenes videos. My blog is turning into a video blog the last few weeks, but I’m not hearing any complaints at all! It’s difficult finding the spare time to cut these videos together but I’ve been doing everything I can lately to get these done for you all to see. I rather like this one and I think you will too!
For those that don’t know Glamour Sensations was a huge glamour photography weekend in Perth held in March 2010. I invited Sydney based photographer Edward Hor to come over and between the two of us, we shot over 15 girls in three separate amazing locations over the space of a weekend. A lot of hard work went into it and we had a lot of fun!
Credits:
Photography: Brodie Butler & Edward Hor
Video by: A.J. Carter (www.ajcarterfilms.com) Shot on 5DMKII
Editing: Brodie Butler
Assistants: Karl Pearce, Jay Wells
Make Up Artists: Priscilla Sue
I always hear a lot of people complaining about the crappy gear they have and not being able to afford that fancy new Digital SLR camera, or those expensive location lighting kits or whatever it may be. Cameras these days seems to be much more affordable and just about everyone has one, but it is still a very expensive game. This is certainly more applicable once you catch the bug and become an enthusiast, because then you can spend a LOT of money very quickly… trust me!
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This is the weekend that I invited Sydney Photographer Edward Hor (.com) to come over and shoot with me, and we managed to sign up about 15+ girls to join us. What an intense weekend! Anyway enjoy the video then check out my other videos and subscribe to my vimeo channel here: http://vimeo.com/channels/brodiebutlerphotography
Credits:
Photography: Brodie Butler & Edward Hor
Video by: A.J. Carter (www.ajcarterfilms.com) Shot on 5DMKII
Editing: Brodie Butler
Assistants: Karl Pearce, Jay Wells
Make Up Artists: Megan Clarke, Kierina Gaston
Sara for organising the yacht!
Here’s the latest behind the scenes video from yours truly, featuring Melissa Byrne the AutoX Bikini Competition Winner complimenting Greg Brown’s Twin Turbo VE GTS – the first VE in Australia to run a 9-second pass!
This video just shows a little sneak peek behind the scenes at our photoshoot and shows off a few of images so check it out! It’s a good little video to watch if your a photographer trying to learn, and its certainly a good eye-candy video!
The video was shot on a Canon 7D and we had the Rode Videomic attached if I remember correctly. Then I cut the video in Final Cut Pro.
Thanks to:
Karl Pearce for taking the video.
Jay Wells for his assistance on the day.
Melissa Byrne for being our lovely model.
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I was out on location with the beautiful Carly Hanson a couple of weeks ago, shooting some fresh new glamour photos to spice up her portfolio, and I think we certainly added some spice! Carly is no stranger to modelling and posing in front of the camera, being a former Miss Tourism Australia, Ralph Swimwear Model of the Year and a Miss Universe Finalist just to name a few. So that makes my job a lot easier. Having a model that knows how and when to move makes things flow so much more during a photoshoot. I find I will take a LOT more pictures and have much more selection afterwards, because there is no time stuffing about trying to direct the model into poses and things like that. Read on to see the final pictures and a good tip…
Incase you haven’t already noticed, I was out on assignment with the Top Shelf Entertainment boys once again very recently. These “go to the gym way more than me” guys provide all your typical adult entertainment but what you probably don’t know is that some of these guys are actually professional dancers too. Leigh, the head-honcho over at Top Shelf has been breakdancing and bopping to the hip hop beats himself for over 10 years. If you have been to one of their stage shows you would have noticed the talent within the group, but I think what you will come to see more of in the near future, is much more emphasis on dance and brilliant choreography. But thats just my thoughts, stay tuned to www.topshelfentertainment.com.au to find out for yourself.
Ok ok ok I know you just want the photo stuff right? Here we go read on here…
